Salam,
I think if we want to find the truth, maybe it would be better to first find the location.
I somehow agree that Gog and Magog are not humans...God is capable of all things. We read He made the youth sleep for centuries in the cave, so their body didn't decay.
It may be possible that Gog and Magog are in the same state, however, if they're not, then humans wouldn't just survive underground without some serious mutations; to be able to eat dirt and other things that we can't consume, and see in darkness, and weakening bones, and thickened and hardened skin...they would look much worse than Gollum from Lord of the Rings.
Each time I think about Gog and Magog, I keep being reminded of this verse.
27:82 And when the sentence has fallen upon them, We will
bring out for them a creature
from the earth, that will communicate with them. Indeed, the people are unaware regarding Our signs.
Maybe someone more knowledgeable here can answer what the promise is? The first sentence as in 27:82?
18:98 He said: “This is a mercy from my Lord.
But when the promise of my Lord comes, He will make it crumble. And the promise of my Lord is truth.”
This is very interesting, let's look at many possibilities, and may God grant us this knowledge.
Gog and Magog being related to elements and birth of modern science is also interesting.
NOTE: I don't think Gog and Magog is related to Zionism or CIA or Illuminati etc. The devil has been manipulating humans since way before Zionism or CIA or Illuminati, or other things. We must understand that for the devil these are all just some vessels. Do you think that those who oppose Zionism, CIA, Illuminati, that they are not manipulated by the devil too, excluding the extremely few believers like us? The devil has no power, I'm not painting him as such, his planing is weak. God has control over all things, He is fully aware of all things. We already know evil and wickedness existed from ancient peoples and some were destroyed for it, God punished them in this world...